In John Milton's Paradise Lost, Milton paints you a mental picture of what his garden of .
He uses beautiful and well used metaphors, that transforms into art right in front .
of your very own eyes. Milton tends to capture your imagination with his style of word grouping, .
that almost puts you in a trance while reading his poem. You can see every word that Milton uses .
like it was being broadcast on a television set in your mind. For example, "In at the window .
climbs, or o"er the tiles; so clomb this first grand Thief into God's Fold:" You can see Satan .
creeping devilishly into the garden, just as a thief climbs into a house at night.
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On the other hand the Bible just presents the Serpent as the definition of EVIL, just .
waiting around in the Tree of Knowledge, like if Satan has always been there. Waiting for the .
chance to unfold his plot against man. Milton creates a complex story out of 4 short chapters of .
the well known Bible story. He shines light on the garden of Eden, that gives new life to the old .
Bible story. The poem also explains that the serpent was sleeping when Satan takes over its body. .
The Bible make it look like Satan is in fact the serpent. "returns as a mist by night into Paradise; .
enters into the Serpent sleeping.".
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Another difference between the poems and the Bible, is the fact that never once does the .
book of Genesis say anything about Gabriel, the guardian of Eden. Milton writes about the .
protector of Eden and his story that tells us how he watched over the humans. The poem says, .
"Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel Sat, Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night;" Gabriel's .
story is the subplot of the poem that gives Satan's break in, more emotion.
